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The 2022 Alaska House of Representatives elections were held on Tuesday, November 8, 2022, with the primary election on August 16, 2022. Voters in the 40 districts of the
Alaska House of Representatives The Alaska State House of Representatives is the lower house in the Alaska Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Alaska. The House is composed of 40 members, each of whom represents a district of approximately 17,756 people per ...
elected their representatives, in conjunction with state senate elections and the biennial United States elections for federal offices.


Background

In 2020, Alaskan voters approved Ballot Measure 2, an initiative to implement a nonpartisan blanket top-four primary with a single, open primary where candidates from all parties are listed on the ballot and the top four vote getters advance to the general election. The general election is then resolved using
instant-runoff voting Instant-runoff voting (IRV) is a type of ranked preferential voting method. It uses a majority voting rule in single-winner elections where there are more than two candidates. It is commonly referred to as ranked-choice voting (RCV) in the Un ...
, where voters rank the candidates and the candidates receiving the lowest votes are eliminated one by one until one candidate has a majority. The first elections using the new system will be the 2022 election cycle. As of the close of candidate filing, only one election for the Alaska House of Representatives had more than four candidates.


Predictions


Overview


Primary elections


General election

One candidate did not advance to the general election, and four others withdrew after advancing.


Summary of results


Retiring incumbents

*District 2: Steve Thompson (R) *District 13:
Chris Tuck Chris Tuck (born July 9, 1966) is a Democratic member of the Alaska House of Representatives, representing the 23rd District in Anchorage since 2008. He serves as the Majority Leader In U.S. politics (as well as in some other countries util ...
(D) *District 14:
Kelly Merrick Kelly Merrick (née Richards; born 1975) is an American politician from Alaska. A Republican, she was a member of the Alaska House of Representatives, representing District 14 from 2019 to 2023. In 2022, Merrick was elected to the Alaska State S ...
(Coalition R) ''( running for state senate)'' *District 16:
Ivy Spohnholz Ivy Spohnholz (born January 17, 1973) is a Democratic member of the Alaska House of Representatives, serving the 16th district. She has served since March 10, 2016, after being appointed by Governor Bill Walker to fill the vacancy caused by the ...
(D) *District 19:
Geran Tarr Geran Tarr (born in Akron, Ohio) is an American politician who served as a Democratic member of the Alaska House of Representatives for the 17th district from 2013 to 2023. Early life and education Tarr was born in Akron, Ohio. She earned her ...
(D) ''( running for state senate)'' *District 21:
Matt Claman Matthew W. Claman (born 1959) is an American politician and attorney serving as a member of the Alaska House of Representatives. Claman previously served as the acting Mayor of Anchorage after Mark Begich resigned from the position to serve in th ...
(D) ''( running for state senate)'' *District 22:
Sara Rasmussen Sara Rasmussen (born 1990) is an American politician from Alaska. A Republican, she is a member of the Alaska House of Representatives The Alaska State House of Representatives is the lower house in the Alaska Legislature, the state legislatu ...
(Independent R) *District 24:
Ken McCarty Ken McCarty (born 1958) is an American Republican politician from Alaska. He has represented District 13 as a Member of the Alaska House of Representatives since 2021 File:2021 collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: the James Webb Space Tele ...
(R) ''( running for state senate)'' *District 27:
Christopher Kurka Christopher Kurka is an American politician serving as a member of the Alaska House of Representatives from the 7th district. Elected in November 2018, he assumed office on January 19, 2021. Career Kurka was the director of Alaska Right to Li ...
(R) ''( ran for governor)'' *District 27: Liz Snyder (D) *District 28:
James Kaufman James C. Kaufman is an American psychologist known for his research on creativity. He is a Professor of Educational Psychology at the University of Connecticut in Storrs, Connecticut. Previously, he taught at the California State University, Sa ...
(R) ''( running for state senate)'' *District 35:
Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins Jonathan S. Kreiss-Tomkins (born February 7, 1989) is a member of the Alaska House of Representatives. A Democrat, he represents the state's 35th district, which encompasses many Southeast island communities including Hoonah, Sitka, Kake, Klawo ...
(D) *District 35:
Adam Wool Adam Wool is an American politician serving as a member of the Alaska House of Representatives from District 5. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Career Wool defeated Republican Representative Pete Higgins in 2014, picking up his seat ...
(D) ''( ran for U.S. House)'' *District 38:
Tiffany Zulkosky Tiffany Zulkosky (born May 19, 1984) is an American politician. She has served in the Alaska House of Representatives from District 38 since March 2018. Zulkosky is a Democrat and caucuses with the House Majority Caucus. In 2018, she was appointe ...
(D)


Detailed results


District 1

;Primary ;General election


District 2

;Primary ;General election Himschcoot said she planned on joining the bipartisan coalition if elected.


District 3

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District 4

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District 5

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District 6

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District 7

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District 8

;Primary ;General election


District 9

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District 10

;Primary ;General election Sue Levi withdrew after the primary.


District 11

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Republican Republican can refer to: Political ideology * An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law. ** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
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Independent Independent or Independents may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Artist groups * Independents (artist group), a group of modernist painters based in the New Hope, Pennsylvania, area of the United States during the early 1930s * Independ ...
, style="text-align:left" scope="row" , , 3,472 , 45.47 , +81 , 3,565 , 49.2 , - ! style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left" ,
Republican Republican can refer to: Political ideology * An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law. ** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
, style="text-align:left" scope="row" , , 1,174 , 15.38 , -1,186 , colspan="2" style="background:lightgrey; text-align:center;", ''Eliminated'' , - ! style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left" colspan=2 ,
Write-in A write-in candidate is a candidate whose name does not appear on the ballot but seeks election by asking voters to cast a vote for the candidate by physically writing in the person's name on the ballot. Depending on electoral law it may be poss ...
, 40 , 0.52 , -40 , colspan="2" style="background:lightgrey; text-align:center;", ''Eliminated'' , - class="sortbottom" ! colspan=3 scope="row" style="text-align:right;" , Total votes , 7,635 , 100.00% , , 7,242 , 100% , - class="sortbottom" ! colspan=6 scope="row" style="text-align:right;" , Inactive ballots , 948 !


District 12

;Primary ;General election


District 13

;Primary ;General election


District 14

;Primary ;General election Galvin said she would join the bipartisan coalition if elected.


District 15

;Primary ;General election {, class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right" , + colspan=6 , 2022 Alaska House of Representatives election, 15th district , - ! colspan=2 rowspan=2 , Party ! rowspan=2 , Candidate ! colspan=3 , Round 1 , - ! Votes ! % ! Transfer , - ! style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left" ,
Republican Republican can refer to: Political ideology * An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law. ** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
, style="text-align:left" scope="row" , , 1,018 , , colspan="2" style="background:lightgrey; text-align:center;", ''Eliminated'' , - ! style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left" ,
Republican Republican can refer to: Political ideology * An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law. ** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
, style="text-align:left" scope="row" , (incumbent) , 2,806 , , + 644 , - ! style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left" , Democratic , style="text-align:left" scope="row" , , 3,371 , , + 92 , - ! style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left" colspan=2 ,
Write-in A write-in candidate is a candidate whose name does not appear on the ballot but seeks election by asking voters to cast a vote for the candidate by physically writing in the person's name on the ballot. Depending on electoral law it may be poss ...
, 35 , , colspan="2" style="background:lightgrey; text-align:center;", ''Eliminated'' , - class="sortbottom" ! colspan=3 scope="row" style="text-align:right;" , Total votes , 7,230 , 100.00% , , - class="sortbottom" ! colspan=3 scope="row" style="text-align:right;" , Inactive ballots , 0 , 0.00% , 750


District 16

;Primary ;General election


District 17

;Primary ;General election


District 18

;Primary ;General election {, class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right" , + colspan=6 , 2022 Alaska House of Representatives election, 18th district , - ! colspan=2 rowspan=2 , Party ! rowspan=2 , Candidate ! colspan=3 , Round 1 , - ! Votes ! % ! Transfer , - ! style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left" , Democratic , style="text-align:left" scope="row" , , 743 , , + 1,045 , - ! style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left" , Democratic , style="text-align:left" scope="row" , , 426 , , , - ! style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left" ,
Republican Republican can refer to: Political ideology * An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law. ** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
, style="text-align:left" scope="row" , (incumbent) , 927 , , + 968 , - ! style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left" colspan=2 ,
Write-in A write-in candidate is a candidate whose name does not appear on the ballot but seeks election by asking voters to cast a vote for the candidate by physically writing in the person's name on the ballot. Depending on electoral law it may be poss ...
, 9 , , , - class="sortbottom" ! colspan=3 scope="row" style="text-align:right;" , Total votes , 2,105 , 100.00% , , - class="sortbottom" ! colspan=3 scope="row" style="text-align:right;" , Inactive ballots , 0 , 0.00% , 284


District 19

;Primary ;General election


District 20

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District 21

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District 22

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District 23

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District 24

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District 25

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District 26

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District 27

;Primary ;General election {, class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right" , + colspan=6 , 2022 Alaska House of Representatives election, 27th district , - ! colspan=2 rowspan=2 , Party ! rowspan=2 , Candidate ! colspan=3 , Round 1 , - ! Votes ! % ! Transfer , - ! style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left" ,
Republican Republican can refer to: Political ideology * An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law. ** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
, style="text-align:left" scope="row" , , 1,102 , , , - ! style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left" , Independent Republican , style="text-align:left" scope="row" , (incumbent) , 2,854 , , , - ! style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left" ,
Republican Republican can refer to: Political ideology * An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law. ** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
, style="text-align:left" scope="row" , , 1,505 , , , - ! style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left" colspan=2 ,
Write-in A write-in candidate is a candidate whose name does not appear on the ballot but seeks election by asking voters to cast a vote for the candidate by physically writing in the person's name on the ballot. Depending on electoral law it may be poss ...
, 101 , , , - class="sortbottom" ! colspan=3 scope="row" style="text-align:right;" , Total votes , 5,564 , 100.00% , , - class="sortbottom" ! colspan=3 scope="row" style="text-align:right;" , Inactive ballots , 0 , 0.00% ,


District 28

;Primary ;General election {, class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right" , + colspan=6 , 2022 Alaska House of Representatives election, 28th district , - ! colspan=2 rowspan=2 , Party ! rowspan=2 , Candidate ! colspan=3 , Round 1 , - ! Votes ! % ! Transfer , - ! style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left" ,
Republican Republican can refer to: Political ideology * An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law. ** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
, style="text-align:left" scope="row" , , 1,273 , , , - ! style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left" ,
Republican Republican can refer to: Political ideology * An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law. ** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
, style="text-align:left" scope="row" , , 1,523 , , , - ! style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left" ,
Republican Republican can refer to: Political ideology * An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law. ** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
, style="text-align:left" scope="row" , , 2,168 , , , - ! style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left" ,
Republican Republican can refer to: Political ideology * An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law. ** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
, style="text-align:left" scope="row" , , 853 , , , - ! style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left" colspan=2 ,
Write-in A write-in candidate is a candidate whose name does not appear on the ballot but seeks election by asking voters to cast a vote for the candidate by physically writing in the person's name on the ballot. Depending on electoral law it may be poss ...
, 107 , , , - class="sortbottom" ! colspan=3 scope="row" style="text-align:right;" , Total votes , 5,924 , 100.00% , , - class="sortbottom" ! colspan=3 scope="row" style="text-align:right;" , Inactive ballots , 0 , 0.00% ,


District 29

;Primary ;General election


District 30

;Primary ;General election {, class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right" , + colspan=6 , 2022 Alaska House of Representatives election, 30th district , - ! colspan=2 rowspan=2 , Party ! rowspan=2 , Candidate ! colspan=3 , Round 1 , - ! Votes ! % ! Transfer , - ! style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left" ,
Republican Republican can refer to: Political ideology * An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law. ** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
, style="text-align:left" scope="row" , , 2,595 , , , - ! style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left" ,
Republican Republican can refer to: Political ideology * An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law. ** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
, style="text-align:left" scope="row" , (incumbent) , 3,391 , , , - ! style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left" , Democratic , style="text-align:left" scope="row" , , 1,506 , , , - ! style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left" colspan=2 ,
Write-in A write-in candidate is a candidate whose name does not appear on the ballot but seeks election by asking voters to cast a vote for the candidate by physically writing in the person's name on the ballot. Depending on electoral law it may be poss ...
, 46 , , , - class="sortbottom" ! colspan=3 scope="row" style="text-align:right;" , Total votes , 7,538 , 100.00% , , - class="sortbottom" ! colspan=3 scope="row" style="text-align:right;" , Inactive ballots , 0 , 0.00% ,


District 31

;Primary ;General election {, class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right" , + colspan=6 , 2022 Alaska House of Representatives election, 31st district , - ! colspan=2 rowspan=2 , Party ! rowspan=2 , Candidate ! colspan=3 , Round 1 , - ! Votes ! % ! Transfer , - ! style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left" , Democratic , style="text-align:left" scope="row" , , 2,469 , , , - ! style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left" ,
Republican Republican can refer to: Political ideology * An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law. ** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
, style="text-align:left" scope="row" , (incumbent) , 1,479 , , , - ! style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left" ,
Republican Republican can refer to: Political ideology * An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law. ** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
, style="text-align:left" scope="row" , , 1,040 , , , - ! style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left" colspan=2 ,
Write-in A write-in candidate is a candidate whose name does not appear on the ballot but seeks election by asking voters to cast a vote for the candidate by physically writing in the person's name on the ballot. Depending on electoral law it may be poss ...
, 39 , , , - class="sortbottom" ! colspan=3 scope="row" style="text-align:right;" , Total votes , 5,027 , 100.00% , , - class="sortbottom" ! colspan=3 scope="row" style="text-align:right;" , Inactive ballots , 0 , 0.00% ,


District 32

;Primary ;General election {, class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right" , + colspan=6 , 2022 Alaska House of Representatives election, 32nd district , - ! colspan=2 rowspan=2 , Party ! rowspan=2 , Candidate ! colspan=3 , Round 1 , - ! Votes ! % ! Transfer , - ! style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left" ,
Republican Republican can refer to: Political ideology * An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law. ** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
, style="text-align:left" scope="row" , , 488 , , , - ! style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left" , Democratic , style="text-align:left" scope="row" , , 1,026 , , , - ! style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left" ,
Republican Republican can refer to: Political ideology * An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law. ** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
, style="text-align:left" scope="row" , , 1,630 , , , - ! style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left" colspan=2 ,
Write-in A write-in candidate is a candidate whose name does not appear on the ballot but seeks election by asking voters to cast a vote for the candidate by physically writing in the person's name on the ballot. Depending on electoral law it may be poss ...
, 19 , , , - class="sortbottom" ! colspan=3 scope="row" style="text-align:right;" , Total votes , 3,163 , 100.00% , , - class="sortbottom" ! colspan=3 scope="row" style="text-align:right;" , Inactive ballots , 0 , 0.00% ,


District 33

;Primary ;General election


District 34

;Primary ;General election {, class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right" , + colspan=6 , 2022 Alaska House of Representatives election, 34th district , - ! colspan=2 rowspan=2 , Party ! rowspan=2 , Candidate ! colspan=3 , Round 1 , - ! Votes ! % ! Transfer , - ! style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left" ,
Republican Republican can refer to: Political ideology * An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law. ** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
, style="text-align:left" scope="row" , , 575 , , , - ! style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left" , Democratic , style="text-align:left" scope="row" , (incumbent) , 3,172 , , , - ! style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left" ,
Republican Republican can refer to: Political ideology * An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law. ** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
, style="text-align:left" scope="row" , , 3,607 , , , - ! style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left" colspan=2 ,
Write-in A write-in candidate is a candidate whose name does not appear on the ballot but seeks election by asking voters to cast a vote for the candidate by physically writing in the person's name on the ballot. Depending on electoral law it may be poss ...
, 16 , , , - class="sortbottom" ! colspan=3 scope="row" style="text-align:right;" , Total votes , 7,370 , 100.00% , , - class="sortbottom" ! colspan=3 scope="row" style="text-align:right;" , Inactive ballots , 0 , 0.00% ,


District 35

;Primary ;General election {, class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right" , + colspan=6 , 2022 Alaska House of Representatives election, 35th district , - ! colspan=2 rowspan=2 , Party ! rowspan=2 , Candidate ! colspan=3 , Round 1 , - ! Votes ! % ! Transfer , - ! style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left" ,
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, style="text-align:left" scope="row" , , 231 , , , - ! style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left" , Democratic , style="text-align:left" scope="row" , , 3,977 , , , - ! style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left" ,
Republican Republican can refer to: Political ideology * An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law. ** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
, style="text-align:left" scope="row" , , 2,093 , , , - ! style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left" ,
Republican Republican can refer to: Political ideology * An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law. ** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
, style="text-align:left" scope="row" , , 1,098 , , , - ! style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left" colspan=2 ,
Write-in A write-in candidate is a candidate whose name does not appear on the ballot but seeks election by asking voters to cast a vote for the candidate by physically writing in the person's name on the ballot. Depending on electoral law it may be poss ...
, 34 , , , - class="sortbottom" ! colspan=3 scope="row" style="text-align:right;" , Total votes , 7,433 , 100.00% , , - class="sortbottom" ! colspan=3 scope="row" style="text-align:right;" , Inactive ballots , 0 , 0.00% ,


District 36

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District 37

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District 38

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District 39

;Primary ;General election Ivanoff said he would not join a bipartisan coalition if elected.


District 40

;Primary ;General election


See also

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2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Alaska The November 2022 United States House of Representatives election in Alaska was held on Tuesday November 8, to elect a member of the United States House of Representatives to represent the state of Alaska. Democratic Party (United States), Dem ...
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* 2022 Alaska Senate election * 2022 Alaska elections


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